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The Gauntlet
Summer Edition
Vol. 3, No. 13
August 11, 1977
Notley blasts
patronage
by Noeljantzie
Political patronage is almost a
way of life in Alberta, NDP
leader Grant Notley told a U of C
audience Tuesday.
Notley was participating in a
guest lecture on the relationship
between the government and professional groups in Alberta.
Notley made the patronage
remark during a survey of the
historical relationship between
the professions and the government.
He said that while during the
reign of the UFA and Social
Credit governments there was
little patronage, all this has changed with the coming of the
Tories.
"From 1959 to 1963 there were
only two lawyers in the legislature," he said. "Since that time
we have not only seem an infusion but an infestation of the
House by members of the legal
profession."
Although in the past provincial
policies regarding the professions
have been introduced on an ad-
hoc basis, in the future professional workers could find themselves deliberately included in
government legislation, he told
listeners.
Notley said the government is
clearly adopting a very different
attitude in dealing with professional groups which set their own
fees from that which it adopts
toward salaried professionals.
He contrasted the position of
the striking nurses who were
ordered back to work by the
cabinet to the exemption from
AIB guidelines granted to provincial lawyers.
Notley also warned that many
professionals were caught by surprise when legislation such as Bill
41 was passed. Bill 41 curtails
collective bargaining procedures
and the right to strike for provincial employees.
A number of professional
groups including nurses at provincial hospitals, social workers
and college instructors were affected by provisions ofthe bill.
U of A Exec
ends lock-out
by Noeljantzie
The Students' Union at the
University of Alberta will end the
lock-out of its employees Monday morning.
The employees, members of
CUPE local 1386, have been
locked out for six weeks in a
dispute which has done much to
poison the previously good relationship between the Students'
Union and its staff.
Although the lock-out will
end, the dispute is still not settled
and the staff will probably strike
in early September when students return to classes.
Pressure has been mounting
for several weeks on the U of A
Students' Union executive to end
the lock-out. The Union was in
the process of certifying parttime
employees ofthe Union as members ofthe bargaining unit when
the decision was made.
During the dispute, some student services were kept operating
by a combination of management personnel, part-time employees, and scabs.
In addition to disagreement
over wages, the union and Students' Union management are
still far apart on the issue of
increment pay and due notice
provisions in the union contract.
CUPE 1386 charged during
the lock-out that the U of A
Students' Union management
was attempting to break the
union.
Student support for the employees' position culminated in a
demonstration in front of the
Students' Union building and in
an occupation of the student
pub, Room At The Top.
NDP leader Grant Notley defended the right to strike and castigated the Lougheed
government for its legislation attacking labour at a special guest lecture held at the U of C
Wednesday. photo by Bob Ahrenhold
But Alean route okay
ECA changes 'unacceptable'
by Noel Jantzie
Alberta NDP leader Grant
Notley warned that proposed
changes to the Environmental
Conservation Authority may
spell the end of effective public
hearings in this province at a
Calgary press conference held
Tuesday.
He said the proposed changes
were "totally unacceptable" and
would allow the government to
stack panels in favour of development. .
Notley pledged that the NDP
would join with a number of
other groups to focus public
opinion against the proposed
changes.
"The proposed changes are a
slap in the face to the whole
concept of open public participation," he said.
Notley cited a number of measures which have reduced the
ECA's effectiveness as a public
watchdog over development.
TUCFA appeal
by Noel Jan tzie
The Alberta Supreme Court
will hear an appeal by the University of Calgary Faculty Association (TUCFA) against a spring
arbitration award.
TUCFA was granted the right
to appeal in a court hearing held
last Friday. Their appeal will be
heard August 26. The request for
an appeal was opposed by the U
of C administration, which has
already acted to implement the
controversial award.
Faculty members are requesting that the court set aside the
awards of the previous arbitration commission and strike a new
arbitration commission.
According to TUCFA Executive Secretary Richard Vander-
berg, faculty m ambers are concerned that the original arbitration board did not deal with all
matters referred to it. In addition, TUCFA feels that the board
overstepped its frame of reference by making decisions on
some matters which were not referred to it.
Vanderberg said he did not
expect the disposition ofthe case
to affect the collective bargaining
process for next year's faculty
agreement.
If the court finds in favour of
the faculty it is likely that the
second arbitration board will
present its report prior to the
scheduled start of negotiations
over next year's contract October 1st.
He said the first step in the
erosion of the ECA occurred
when the Lougheed government
ended the board's capacity to
order hearings on its own initiative.
The authority lost further
credibility when the environment
minister was given the power to
grant Certificates of Variance
allowing polluters to exceed limits specified in the Clean Air and
Clean Water Acts.
Well publicized conflict
among ECA members has allowed the Tory government to present structural change as part of
a "final solution" to eliminate
the public agency, Notley said.
"We're at a point where there
are major developments around
the corner and an effective ECA
might delay those developments," Notley said.
He said an active ECA would
put pressure on the government
to hold public hearings on proposals for a third oil sands plant
and development of the Yardley
coal field in the Red Deer area.
Notley warned that the Red
Deer Dam issue would be only
the first in a whole series of very
sensitive issues involving farmland and dams, coal mining, and
petrochemical development.
Notley also dealt with the Alean pipeline during the conference.
He said that although the NDP
generally agreed with the Alean
proposal there were still some
basic conditions which would
have to be met.
The pipeline will enter Alberta
at Boundary Lake, which lies
within Notley's own constituency
of Spirit River-Fairview.
Notley called for the establishment of a trust fund similar to
that recommended for the Yukon
by the Lysyk inquiry to pay for
the costs Alberta would incur if
the Alean project is approved.
He called on the provincial
government to "shift in a significant way its priorities in highway
construction." Notley said that
during the past five years the
road system in Northwestern Alberta has been allowed to deteriorate because it was expected
that any pipeline would come
down via the Mackenzie valley.
Notley also expressed concern
over the availability of a farmer's
advocate to negotiate pipeline
right of way on agricultural land.
"It's time the government put
their cards on the table," he
added. "What is the government
going to do to facilitate the
maximum participation of the
Alberta economy in the pipeline?"
BC Socreds attack faculty
unions.See page 3

The Gauntlet
Summer Edition
Vol. 3, No. 13
August 11, 1977
Notley blasts
patronage
by Noeljantzie
Political patronage is almost a
way of life in Alberta, NDP
leader Grant Notley told a U of C
audience Tuesday.
Notley was participating in a
guest lecture on the relationship
between the government and professional groups in Alberta.
Notley made the patronage
remark during a survey of the
historical relationship between
the professions and the government.
He said that while during the
reign of the UFA and Social
Credit governments there was
little patronage, all this has changed with the coming of the
Tories.
"From 1959 to 1963 there were
only two lawyers in the legislature," he said. "Since that time
we have not only seem an infusion but an infestation of the
House by members of the legal
profession."
Although in the past provincial
policies regarding the professions
have been introduced on an ad-
hoc basis, in the future professional workers could find themselves deliberately included in
government legislation, he told
listeners.
Notley said the government is
clearly adopting a very different
attitude in dealing with professional groups which set their own
fees from that which it adopts
toward salaried professionals.
He contrasted the position of
the striking nurses who were
ordered back to work by the
cabinet to the exemption from
AIB guidelines granted to provincial lawyers.
Notley also warned that many
professionals were caught by surprise when legislation such as Bill
41 was passed. Bill 41 curtails
collective bargaining procedures
and the right to strike for provincial employees.
A number of professional
groups including nurses at provincial hospitals, social workers
and college instructors were affected by provisions ofthe bill.
U of A Exec
ends lock-out
by Noeljantzie
The Students' Union at the
University of Alberta will end the
lock-out of its employees Monday morning.
The employees, members of
CUPE local 1386, have been
locked out for six weeks in a
dispute which has done much to
poison the previously good relationship between the Students'
Union and its staff.
Although the lock-out will
end, the dispute is still not settled
and the staff will probably strike
in early September when students return to classes.
Pressure has been mounting
for several weeks on the U of A
Students' Union executive to end
the lock-out. The Union was in
the process of certifying parttime
employees ofthe Union as members ofthe bargaining unit when
the decision was made.
During the dispute, some student services were kept operating
by a combination of management personnel, part-time employees, and scabs.
In addition to disagreement
over wages, the union and Students' Union management are
still far apart on the issue of
increment pay and due notice
provisions in the union contract.
CUPE 1386 charged during
the lock-out that the U of A
Students' Union management
was attempting to break the
union.
Student support for the employees' position culminated in a
demonstration in front of the
Students' Union building and in
an occupation of the student
pub, Room At The Top.
NDP leader Grant Notley defended the right to strike and castigated the Lougheed
government for its legislation attacking labour at a special guest lecture held at the U of C
Wednesday. photo by Bob Ahrenhold
But Alean route okay
ECA changes 'unacceptable'
by Noel Jantzie
Alberta NDP leader Grant
Notley warned that proposed
changes to the Environmental
Conservation Authority may
spell the end of effective public
hearings in this province at a
Calgary press conference held
Tuesday.
He said the proposed changes
were "totally unacceptable" and
would allow the government to
stack panels in favour of development. .
Notley pledged that the NDP
would join with a number of
other groups to focus public
opinion against the proposed
changes.
"The proposed changes are a
slap in the face to the whole
concept of open public participation," he said.
Notley cited a number of measures which have reduced the
ECA's effectiveness as a public
watchdog over development.
TUCFA appeal
by Noel Jan tzie
The Alberta Supreme Court
will hear an appeal by the University of Calgary Faculty Association (TUCFA) against a spring
arbitration award.
TUCFA was granted the right
to appeal in a court hearing held
last Friday. Their appeal will be
heard August 26. The request for
an appeal was opposed by the U
of C administration, which has
already acted to implement the
controversial award.
Faculty members are requesting that the court set aside the
awards of the previous arbitration commission and strike a new
arbitration commission.
According to TUCFA Executive Secretary Richard Vander-
berg, faculty m ambers are concerned that the original arbitration board did not deal with all
matters referred to it. In addition, TUCFA feels that the board
overstepped its frame of reference by making decisions on
some matters which were not referred to it.
Vanderberg said he did not
expect the disposition ofthe case
to affect the collective bargaining
process for next year's faculty
agreement.
If the court finds in favour of
the faculty it is likely that the
second arbitration board will
present its report prior to the
scheduled start of negotiations
over next year's contract October 1st.
He said the first step in the
erosion of the ECA occurred
when the Lougheed government
ended the board's capacity to
order hearings on its own initiative.
The authority lost further
credibility when the environment
minister was given the power to
grant Certificates of Variance
allowing polluters to exceed limits specified in the Clean Air and
Clean Water Acts.
Well publicized conflict
among ECA members has allowed the Tory government to present structural change as part of
a "final solution" to eliminate
the public agency, Notley said.
"We're at a point where there
are major developments around
the corner and an effective ECA
might delay those developments," Notley said.
He said an active ECA would
put pressure on the government
to hold public hearings on proposals for a third oil sands plant
and development of the Yardley
coal field in the Red Deer area.
Notley warned that the Red
Deer Dam issue would be only
the first in a whole series of very
sensitive issues involving farmland and dams, coal mining, and
petrochemical development.
Notley also dealt with the Alean pipeline during the conference.
He said that although the NDP
generally agreed with the Alean
proposal there were still some
basic conditions which would
have to be met.
The pipeline will enter Alberta
at Boundary Lake, which lies
within Notley's own constituency
of Spirit River-Fairview.
Notley called for the establishment of a trust fund similar to
that recommended for the Yukon
by the Lysyk inquiry to pay for
the costs Alberta would incur if
the Alean project is approved.
He called on the provincial
government to "shift in a significant way its priorities in highway
construction." Notley said that
during the past five years the
road system in Northwestern Alberta has been allowed to deteriorate because it was expected
that any pipeline would come
down via the Mackenzie valley.
Notley also expressed concern
over the availability of a farmer's
advocate to negotiate pipeline
right of way on agricultural land.
"It's time the government put
their cards on the table," he
added. "What is the government
going to do to facilitate the
maximum participation of the
Alberta economy in the pipeline?"
BC Socreds attack faculty
unions.See page 3